Choi Mu-ryong
Acting • Born 1928-02-02 – Died 1999-11-13
Biography
South Korean actor, producer, and director who is father of Choi Min-soo. Choi was one of popular actors of the 1960s along with Shin Young-kyun and Kim Jin-kyu. Choi gained a popularity for his handsome appearance and masculine image. Choi's personal life was as much dramatic as his starred films, so he always garnered the public attention. 1952, Choi married a colleague actress, Kang Hyo-shil, the daughter of a noted actress, Jeon Ok with the nickname, "Queen of Tears" and a singer Gang Hong-sik. Choi and his wife had one son and four daughters including an actor, Choi Min-soo. However, Choi had an affair with Kim Ji-mee, the best popular actress at that time, so that Choi and Gang divorced in 1962. Choi soon married Kim Ji-mee, but he owed massive debts due to his failed film production. As a result, Choi chose to divorce Kim again in 1969. At that time, the phrase, Because I love you, I have to part from her was circulated among the public.
Filmography
50 credits
Aimless Bullet
Movie • 1961
Yeong-ho
Five Marines
Movie • 1961
Woo Jong-guk
The Teacher with Ten Daughters
Movie • 1964
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Movie • 1966
Lawyer
A Bout in 30 Years
Movie • 1971
Jang Dae-gyu
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Movie • 1972
Kang Dong-yeol
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
Movie • 1972
President Jang
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Movie • 1972
Hyeon (ep. 2)
Weeds
Movie • 1973
Woman with Long Eyelashes
Movie • 1970
Park Dong-jin
Prince Yeon-san
Movie • 1987
Kinship
Movie • 1963
A Drifting Story
Movie • 1960
Minwoo (poet)
A Little Star
Movie • 1975
Hyun-sik
The War and an Old Man
Movie • 1962
The Enemy of Woman
Movie • 1956
The Moral of Youth
Movie • 1960
There is No Tragedy
Movie • 1959
Wonsullang
Movie • 1961
A Revival
Movie • 1960
Great Monk Wonhyo
Movie • 1962
Life of the Woman
Movie • 1957
Red Scarf
Movie • 1964
Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)
Way of the Body
Movie • 1959
Boxes of Death
Movie • 1955
Woman of Fire
Movie • 1971
Detective
A Sunflower Family
Movie • 1961
Changsik (Eldest son)
The Iron-Eating Monster
Movie • 1962
Ghost and Painter
Movie • 1970
View from an Alley
Movie • 1962
Young-taek
Liberal Wife '81
Movie • 1981
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
Movie • 1973
Border Line
Movie • 1964
The Liberal Wife 2
Movie • 1986
Leaving in the rain
Movie • 1971
The Only Son
Movie • 1963
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
Movie • 1959
A guilty woman
Movie • 1971
North and South
Movie • 1965
The Youth
Movie • 1955
Ahn Jae-yeong
A Second Mother
Movie • 1972
Heung-yeol
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
Movie • 1959
Bumpkin Oh-bok
Movie • 1961
Park Jae-seok
Azaleas Of My Hometown
Movie • 1973
Cheol-ju
The Flaming Mountain
Movie • 1962
Monk Tripitaka
명동에 흐르는 세월
Movie • 1971
I'll Follow My Husband
Movie • 1971
Lim Kkeok-jeong
Movie • 1961
Marine Battleground
Movie • 1963
Private Choi
Call 112
Movie • 1962
Choi Kyung-min